East Africa · Weekly highlights

Week of 20 Sept 2026

Net additions documented between 13 Sept 2026 and 20 Sept 2026 across East Africa.

Complete snapshot (ebird-sync-20260920)

Regional overview

Added media

+2,719

new catalog records

Photos

+2,373

87.3% of added

Audio

+337

12.4% of added

Video

video clips

New species

catalog taxa gain

New media by country

Net additions documented this week

2,719 total

KE +1,137ET +746TZ +438UG +347RW +32CD +12SS +5SO +2

Media modality split

Composition of newly added assets

2,719 new

Photos +2,373 87.3%Audio +337 12.4%Video +9 0.3%

Featured bird additions

Curated avian media records added to the regional archive this snapshot week

4 featured records

KenyaPhoto

Gray Crowned-Crane

Balearica regulorum

Macaulay #206441431

KenyaPhoto

African Fish-Eagle

Icthyophaga vocifer

Macaulay #204931321

KenyaPhoto

Marabou Stork

Leptoptilos crumenifer

Macaulay #162614461

KenyaPhoto

Superb Starling

Lamprotornis superbus

Macaulay #32401641

Media cataloged via eBird checklists. Birders in East Africa document incidental biodiversity (invertebrates, flora, herpetofauna) alongside bird observations, which Cornell indexes in the Macaulay Library.

Where the week's media landed

Every monitored country, its share of the week's net additions, and the modality split behind it.

National catalog additions (9)

Net media additions and species records this week

Country	Weekly share	Net added	Media added (P / A / V)	Species (+gain)	Total media
KenyaKE	41.8%	+1,137	+894+234+9	1,422	404,829
EthiopiaET	27.4%	+746	+745+1	953	110,174
TanzaniaTZ	16.1%	+438	+370+68	1,389	282,046
UgandaUG	12.8%	+347	+345+2	1,191	197,219
RwandaRW	1.2%	+32	+32	639	38,156
DRCCD	0.4%	+12	+12	817	5,132
South SudanSS	0.2%	+5	+5	87(+1)	162
SomaliaSO	0.1%	+2	+2	330	4,755
BurundiBI	—	0	—	289	2,220

Deltas sum to the week's net change of +2,719 media records. A dash means the country was checked and did not change.

Avian bioacoustics · new sounds and recordists

New audio recordings and active contributors documented across East Africa this week

Added this week

+337

new sound recordings

Sound catalog

43,140

all-time vocalizations

Top field recordist

+63

🇰🇪 Cullen Hanks

Active recordists

contributors added audio

Weekly audio contributors (20)

Ranked by recordings newly added this week

Rank	Field recordist / contributor	Territories	Species added	Added this week
#1	Cullen Hanks	🇰🇪	45	+63
#2	Ian Davies	🇰🇪	39	+50
#3	Ding Li Yong	🇰🇪	38	+47
#4	Martin Tlustos	🇹🇿	15	+27
#5	Faith Kebenei	🇰🇪	11	+20
#6	Niyomugabo Evariste	🇷🇼	15	+19
#7	Reuben Shallom	🇹🇿	11	+18
#8	Ewen & Erika Wilson	🇰🇪	9	+15
#9	Tomasz Wilk	🇰🇪	12	+13
#10	David Moyer	🇹🇿	8	+10
#11	Harerimana Joachim	🇷🇼	6	+8
#12	Tamara Schoch	🇹🇿	8	+8
#13	Alain Jacot	🇰🇪	5	+7
#14	Eric Pitts	🇰🇪	6	+6
#15	Batmunkh Davaasuren	🇰🇪	3	+4
#16	Victor Ikawa	🇰🇪	4	+4
#17	Nsangineza Jean Marie vianney	🇷🇼	3	+3
#18	Timmo Schulz	🇰🇪	3	+3
#19	Akshita Rabdiya	🇹🇿	2	+2
#20	Esther IRADUKUNDA	🇷🇼	2	+2

Recordings added is a set difference of catalogue ids; the week's headline figure is a net change, and the two can differ when recordings leave the catalogue.

Snapshot ebird-sync-20260920 · published 20 Sept 2026

Prior: ebird-sync-20260913 · Macaulay Library